The Highrock story began in May of 1999 when a small group of believers gathered together to reflect and pray at a small suburban home in Needham on a street called High Rock. While their ages and backgrounds varied, their dreams and visions were unified: together, they believed God was showing them something new - that He could reach a new generation with a new kind of church. Words like community, seeker-sensitivity, and multi-ethnicity were named as key values for this group of believers; core convictions of their common calling. Later that summer, after establishing its first public meeting place at the YWCA in Central Square, the members decided on the name "Highrock”.

At the end of 2000, having outgrown the space at the YWCA, anticipating future growth, and desiring a more permanent location to serve, Highrock moved into a church in Davis Square. Soon after Highrock joined the Evangelical Covenant Church, an active, growing denomination of more than 800 churches. Five years later, with a solid core of committed members invested in the church, Highrock took a step of faith and purchased a church building in Arlington, where Highrock Church in Arlington continues to worship.

After two years in Arlington God began something new at Highrock as plans for a new Highrock church plant were born. And in August of 2008 a group of 40 Highrockers were sent out to plant a new church in the Brookline community. And so the dream continues…